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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Dennis Skinner tears into the ‘heartless monster’ Atos – parliamentary oratory at its finest

 

 



Youtube link:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAmgUK9YucQ

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Dennis Skinner, the Beast of Bolsover, was once haughtily dismissed by David Cameron as a “dinosaur” (the PM later apologised). Other MPs – particularly on the Tory backbenches – view him as little more than a pantomime Left-winger and a Scargillite relic. But watch the video above, in which Mr Skinner tears into Atos (the French company that carries out work-capability tests on welfare claimants) over a particularly tragic case from his constituency. 

Is that not, as James Kirkup says, a piece of first-class parliamentary oratory from the 81-year-old MP?

What a shame we don’t hear more of it in Parliament: there’s no better cure for political apathy.